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Impact of lignin on efficiency of small-scale enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

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Potapchuk, Angelica

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Energy production and consumption is a major environmental and economic concern in the world today. Biofuel produced from lignocellulosic biomass is being explored as an alternative energy source to petroleum. Lignocellulosic biomass is comprised of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. To produce biofuels, lignocellulosic biomass must be broken down to expose...

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Presentation and Undergraduate Thesis

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-scale 96-well plate at 59°C for 72 hours. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) was used to analyze the
Impact of lignin composition on enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass

Creator:

Oldfield, Crystal

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Lignocellulosic biomass has potential as a renewable resource for global energy and bioproducts production. Biomass consists of three main polymers, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Cellulose is a homopolymer of glucose, while hemicellulose and lignin are heteropolymers. Lignin is primarily made of syringyl (S), guiacayl (G) and p-hydroxyphenyl (H) units. Pretreatment...

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Undergraduate Thesis and Presentation
Partial purification of endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase I of Trichoderma reesei and use in small-scale enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose

Creator:

Pautsch, Lindsay

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In order to reduce the cost of lignocellulosic ethanol production, a model was previously developed to predict the amount of fermentable sugar released based on parameters concerning both biomass and enzymes. To validate this model, enzymatic hydrolysis must be carried out using individual purified cellulase enzymes. Endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase I (EG I),...

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Undergraduate Thesis

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production is comprised of three major steps; a) biomass pretreatment, b) enzymatic hydrolysis, and c